Clouds and Diffuse Baryonic Dark Matter

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Jan 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002ssrv..100..117j&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, v. 100, Issue 1/4, p. 117-127 (2002).

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The nature of the dark matter in the halo of our galaxy is still largely unknown. The microlensing events found so far towards the Large Magellanic Cloud suggest that at most about 20% of the halo dark matter is in form of MACHOs (Massive Astrophysical Compact Halo Objects). The dark matter could also, at least partially, be made of cold molecular clouds (mainly H_2). We proposed a model for baryonic dark matter, according to which dark clusters of brown dwarfs and cold self-gravitating H_2 clouds populate the outer galactic halo. A signature would be a diffuse γ-ray emission from the galactic halo. Basically, cosmic-ray protons in the galactic halo scatter on the clouds clumped into dark clusters, giving rise to a γ-ray flux. An analysis of EGRET data has led to the discovery of a statistically significant diffuse γ-ray emission from the galactic halo, which turns out to be in remarkably good agreement with our prediction.

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